Jake is an NYC based professional actor, and a graduate of Marymount Manhattan College’s BFA Musical Theater program (Magna Cum Laude). He began performing at a young age, and quickly fell in love with it. At the age of 10, he joined the Billy Elliot Broadway National Tour as Michael. Jake had the opportunity to work with Steve Martin, Edie Brickell, Peter Asher, and director Walter Bobbie in the pre-Broadway workshop production of Bright Star at Powerhouse Theatre/NY Stage and Film. He also had the honor of premiering the role of Lenny Ross in acclaimed playwright Anna Ziegler’s I Battled Lenny Ross at the Off Broadway Ensemble Studio Theater. Jake has been featured in many concerts and cabarets at venues such as Joe’s Pub, the York Theatre, Carnegie Hall, The Green Room 42, and Madison Square Garden, where he was honored to sing in the back up choir on stage with the Eagles during their Hotel California Tour.
Jake’s voice can be heard in many commercials, including singing Peter Frampton’s Show Me The Way in a popular Ben’s Original television commercial. He has been featured on a number of television shows, including Saturday Night Live, and played a supporting role in the short film, Killer, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival. When not performing, Jake loves to play guitar and write music. He also has a passion for tap dancing, and teaches tap at DMO NYC.